A guy goes to work Friday night, works all night and then travels 3 hours to Urbana to play a game, finds his team in a mess at 23 for 6, bats through the innings until the 39th over by which time he is the last man out but not before scoring a tenatious 60 to help his team to a respectable 139. He then comes back and bowls a fiery spell with the new ball, takes 2 wickets in his first over, comes back to bowl a mixed bag of spin/pace to take a further 3 wickets, then takes a key catch to secure a miracle come back win for his team all the while chatting away relentlessly to lift the spirits of the fielders and bowlers. After the game he travels back 3 hours to Chicago and goes straight to work! What do you call this guy?? His name is Faraz Sarwar Durrani and I'm lucky to have him as my team mate.
Faraz embodies the spirit of the Midwest Cricketer - that rare breed that waits patiently through six months of brutal winter and then happily comes to play in the semi-freezing early spring months with a "whatever it takes" mentality. Do you have players like this in your team? Send their stories ( with photo) to editor@midwestcricket.org.
4 comments:
Thats impressive man.. unfortunately, we, the Tigers, have had only one game and we could have definitely used a "Faraz" in that one.
Kudos to Faraz !!! His was one of the best allround performances in the MCC ... Yes, We are proud to have him as our team-mate.
ooper se next shift waala banda bhee late aaya tha , lol .
buss sab Hari bhai kee kirripa hai :)
aray Ali bhai kia haal hain !!
June 3rd ko miltay hain !
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